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MUMMIFIED
MUMMIFY
mummify, dry up
(verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; “a mummified body was found”
mummify
(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”
mummify
(verb) preserve while making lifeless; “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
mummified (not comparable)
Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.
Verb
mummified
simple past tense and past participle of mummify
Source: Wiktionary
Mum"mi*fied, a.
Definition: Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
MUMMIFY
Mum"mi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] Etym: [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]
Definition: To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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